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2006-01-10 Afghanistan

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Posted by Tibor 2006-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ROFLMAO!!!

Boyz n' their Toyz, ROFL... What? Did you say something? Yer's mouth's moving, but...

Very stupid question.

ROFL...

Posted by .com 2006-01-10 00:05|| 2006-01-10 00:05|| Front Page Top

#2 LMAO

This is good stuff.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2006-01-10 00:10|| 2006-01-10 00:10|| Front Page Top

#3 yeah very good stuff indeed.

Posted by Jan 2006-01-10 02:06|| 2006-01-10 02:06|| Front Page Top

#4 be sweet to strike Iran Nuke facilites with B1 low level raids oblitterating the nuke reactors. with electronic jamming support against the Iranian low level air defences to open up a window as such for B1's to deliver a stick of 80 five hundred pounders or cluster munitions, my fave plane the B1 though the TU-160 is almost as cool.

Posted by Shep UK 2006-01-10 07:12|| 2006-01-10 07:12|| Front Page Top

#5 One of the finer points about being a soldier. A Billion dollar piece of equipment and it's college educated crew is being directed and controlled by a bunch of NCO's. This lack of ego on the battlefield and respect is what makes being a soldier the best job in the world. What a cool story.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-01-10 07:27|| 2006-01-10 07:27|| Front Page Top

#6 God I love the Air Force!

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2006-01-10 07:47|| 2006-01-10 07:47|| Front Page Top

#7 My brother was the navigator on a B-1 that did something similar in Afghanistan. Supersonic pass at 1000 ft. over a farmhouse, then a subsonic pass dropping flares, then another supersonic pass. The 4 terrorists in the farmhouse surrendered. He's proud they didn't have to drop any bombs that time.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-01-10 09:04|| 2006-01-10 09:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Sweet! I've seen one of those babies at an air show flying low and subsonic with afterburners - it was impressively loud. I can only imagine one at night and supersonic.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-01-10 11:27|| 2006-01-10 11:27|| Front Page Top

#9 http://tinyurl.com/b2g3j

not the B1 but..

256k sonic boom file..turn up volume

Posted by Red Dog 2006-01-10 11:31|| 2006-01-10 11:31|| Front Page Top

#10 CyberSarge -

God I love the Air Force!

As well you should. :) As an aside, as awesome as the B-1s are, the old FB-111s in full burner and 'hard' TFR mode made for flybys that could literally knock your hats off, and of course a B-52 at low level will still put the fear of God into you.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-01-10 11:32|| 2006-01-10 11:32|| Front Page Top

#11 And then there's the A-10 "Warthog": not loud or fast, but causes its share of brown underwear...

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-01-10 12:27|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-01-10 12:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Cost of gas for that: Probably $50,000

Holy crapola! That adds up to a whopping 3Â¢ of additional federal taxes for me next year. How about another dozen of those fly-bys? Peace through superior firepower, what's not to like?

Posted by Zenster 2006-01-10 14:18|| 2006-01-10 14:18|| Front Page Top

#13 I was in Vietnam in 1970-71. One of the things I'll NEVER forget is watching an ARCLIGHT strike from 25 miles away. First there's nothing unusual. Suddenly you see a few black matchsticks floating toward the earth. Then the ground opens up in brown and red splotches that continue... and continue... and continue... Trees tumble into the air, and a wall of smoke, dust, and debris rises up several thousand feet. The shock wave and sound wave at 25 miles are enough to cause you to wet your britches if you're not expecting it. A full supersonic fly-by by a B-1 would indeed scare the pants off anyone not expecting it. Would love to have a full video of the faces of the jihadis when that bird passed by.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-01-10 15:04|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-10 15:04|| Front Page Top

#14 Hell, I remember it being pretty loud even subsonic. Someone nearby had hoped for a sonic boom... would have blown the windows out of whole Chicago skyline. :)

Posted by eLarson 2006-01-10 17:35|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2006-01-10 17:35|| Front Page Top

#15 Old Patriot...a little added perspective. :)
#13 I was in Vietnam in 1970-71. (So was I.) One of the things I'll NEVER forget is watching an ARCLIGHT strike from 25 miles (5 miles at 8000 feet) away. First there's nothing unusual. Suddenly you see a few black matchsticks floating toward the earth. Then the ground opens up in brown and red (and yellow and blue) splotches that continue... and continue... and continue (three BUFFs laid a trail about 4 clicks long ...) Trees (200 feet tall) tumble into the air (like batons), and a wall of smoke, dust, and debris rises up several thousand feet. The shock wave (multiple) and sound wave at 25 miles are enough to cause you to wet your britches if you're not expecting it. (At 5 miles they cause considerable jostling of a Cobra.) A full supersonic fly-by by a B-1 would indeed scare the pants off anyone not expecting it. Would love to have a full video of the faces of the jihadis when that bird passed by.

Posted by Inspector Clueso 2006-01-10 21:32|| 2006-01-10 21:32|| Front Page Top

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